Martin Barre: Masterclass - 'Aqualung' | Classic Rock Magazine

[@javierllerena5756]

This is the best solo guitar I have heard , He is the greatest Martin Barre , there is no Jethro Tull without him .

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

Javy the broken record. Tull still is alive and well and making new music in 2022. That is a fact.

[@SteveJonesPerezCom]

Appreciate your defense but Javier is correcto NO TULL without Martin like the Stones w/o Keith!!! @@MyVeryHappyDay

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

@@SteveJonesPerezCom - sorry but it is now 2023 and another Tull album has been released, they are touring, and they have a great guitarist!

[@BluesLicks101]

You are a jerk, I've seen your posts stalking & slagging Martin berating him everywhere you can. @@MyVeryHappyDay

[@GuitaristInProgress]

@@MyVeryHappyDay LOL. I love them both, and Ian has definitely gone on with some great other guitarists, I liked Florian Opahle a lot, but Martin's solo shows have been better than Ian's "Tull" for the last few years.

[@kardRatzinger]

"In those days you probably had about one or two goes to do a solo, and if you didn't get it the guitar solo would become a flute solo". Priceless.

[@mchristr]

I'm sure Martin had no idea the solo would become bigger than life. Such is the definition of art.

[@WileECoyotey]

One of the most outstanding rock guitar solos ever

[@adam872]

Jimmy apparently rates the Aqualung as one of the best solos he's heard. I totally agree.

[@Gilbert-m9l]

@adam872 That was perceptive of Jimmy and cool to recognize it publicly. Have you read this in a music mag, a book or something?

[@kraftmorrison]

Martin Barre is one of my favourites guitar players.

[@jedsmith4988]

One of the most unassuming and under-rated rock legends. His new group brings back the power of Tull shows in those days. Looking forward to the 50th anniversary tour when the pandemic finally allows.

[@fw1421]

Aqualung is still my favorite Jethro Tull album to this day. Not a bad song on the whole album!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@kerrymichaels8517]

Aqualung is one of the top 5 rock albums of all time! It’s hard to imagine that there was any tension at all! Thanks for working through it

[@paulself8698]

The album was such a part of my teenage life, and the solo on this track is the stuff of legends.

[@josejavierreymiralles7085]

Jethro Tull... Martín Barre... Aqualung... Oh, my God! The BEST of the BEST... Music!

[@AlfredMansfield-fp8rc]

Ah, the unmistakable licks of Martin’s guitar work so memorable and ………..Absolutely brilliant!

[@MrGuitar1458]

Martin Barre is a wonderful guitarist and a personal hero who I was fortunate enough to meet a couple years ago. THANK YOU Sir for all your amazing music!

[@flashcracker1]

I was lucky to see Tull perform Thick as a Brick in Exeter in 1972. They were outstandingly good!

[@heatherhiggins5016]

I saw them in 71 Tull had just released Aqualung so they did Aqualung and bits of Benefit the opening act was Yes on their 1st American Tour , the single best show I have ever witnessed. it was in the OKC Symphony Concert Hall incredible acoustics

[@flashcracker1]

Your show sounds great, especially with Yes on the same billing. I still have my copy of Close to the Edge from 1972 but sadly have never seen them perform. On the subject of most memorable shows, for me the first performance of The Wall by Pink Floyd at Earls Court in London remains my all time favourite. Keep playing end enjoying music :-)

[@limakilo1331]

One if my favorite guitarist!

[@benitoherrero3895]

25 years old first time that Martin played Aqualung, wonderful album, one of my favorites.

[@dondelgiorno4994]

What a tremendous album from a band that didn't get the recognition they truly deserve.

[@staernpeder]

JT were HUGE in the seventies, they sold out Madison Square Garden and LA Forum many times!

[@chrisreich40]

It may not have been *planned* as a concept album, but the result speaks for itself.

[@dannyguillory8941]

This may sound like a strange comment but please hear me out. My entire life, I have loved sweet and salty food together. This song and acoustic and that incredible guitar solo is perfect!

[@55victorf]

Grettings from Lisbon from a Jethro Tull fan 🇵🇹

[@n.miller907]

I'm going to see Martin Barre play Aqualung tonight! Can't wait!

[@frankmerolillo3880]

I have been singing Jethro Tull songs since I was 13 years old. It would have been fun to sing in your band Martin. I believe I missed it. LMAO .

[@joemartucci4786]

One of my all time favorite guitarist. Killer tone great solos etc. Saw Tull on Thick as a Brick tour in 72 I think. It sucks he doesn't tour with Ian Anderson.

[@justgivemethetruth]

It seems like Aqualung was the first twist in Jethro Tull where Ian sort of took over the whole concept of the album and drove it into a kind of churchy, folky, rocky genre, original, but yes, maybe risky. Lots of people really liked it, especially here in America. It was so unique and so well done - a real historic milestone of rock, plus the cover was really great too.

[@doncharlesworth4748]

Martin Barre is an amazing talent. The Aqualung solo is the greatest solo of all time in my opinion.

[@markrodgers2976]

Agreed !

[@justgivemethetruth]

Aqualung was THE Jethro Tull album ... it put them on the map. It was the first album of theirs I have ever heard, and if they had not done that album who knows if I ever would have liked them so much. probably since I also loved Thick As A Brick and Living In The Past ... and then I went backwards. An album a year ... that is a pretty amazing record.

[@timidater4803]

What a Rock Icon!!!!!!!!!! Love this guy!!!!!!!

[@GuitarBollywood]

Just imagine, the first floor was Led Zeppelin recording LedZepp-2 album, and second floor was recording Aqualung! I have to admire the construction of that building. How did it hold up!

[@iananderson3799]

Would have been Led Zep IV in 1971

[@GuitarBollywood]

@@iananderson3799 You cannot be the real "Ian, the Anderson". Are you? 😲

[@iananderson3799]

@@GuitarBollywood Ah, no. You are thinking about my grandson.

[@aschule5684]

​​@@iananderson3799 Zep 4 released in1971 Zep 2 came out on Halloween 1969

[@craigthomable]

Criminally short vid. Martin so engaging talking about music.

[@iananderson3799]

Criminally?

[@mtbluzman]

Great to hear this story !

[@ThomasRogan-gc5pi]

I saw Tull in a small theater in NJ just as Aqualung was being released six months later Tull sold out 5 shows at MSG!

[@Dolores5000]

Love you tons Martin!!!!

[@chrischoir3594]

One of the best

[@specialroy2140]

Yeah dude!...Martin Barre...Best of the bunch by far...Unsung master...

[@Sandman.68.]

Unsung legend ❤️

[@TravisKearney]

The, “Rock N Roll Hall of Fame,” isn’t real until JT is in it.

[@fw1421]

Travis Kearney the Rock Hall is a joke. So many great bands are ignored and mediocre,mid level bands get recognized. Pisses me off to the max! 😡😡😡

[@Dman85612]

The RRHOF has degenerated into a joke ...I don't even pay attention to it since they have started down the road of stupidity ....Whitney Houston ? Notorious BIG.?...pure male bovine excreta....

[@CC-qp2pg]

Fuc the Rrhof...no Tull no Little Feat ...NO LOGIC

[@iananderson3799]

Never understood this American obsession with R&R HoF. It is like complaining cause someone isnt in Madame Tussauds.

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

@@iananderson3799Say the words ‘Hall Of Fame’ more slowly, and you might understand how it could actually be a show of honor. With most halls of fame, the earliest inductees are usually the most deserving. R&R’s has become a joke, as has Rolling Stone Mag’s dumb-ass lists.

[@justgivemethetruth]

71 -46 25 - age of Martin Barre when he played on Aqualung. What a great album that was.

[@peterphillips7184]

24 years old for Martin would not turn 25 until November of 1971.

[@justgivemethetruth]

@@peterphillips7184 Thanks a lot, big distinction, asshole.

[@puzzleoyster]

Martin Barre Essential Amazing Listening Just Perfect 100%Joy ❤❤❤

[@carrollchapman3491]

Greatest riff ever!

[@stevenmartin7159]

Their music is timeless.It could have been in the fifteenth century or the twenty first century and it's still good

[@ralphshaw9758]

That solo is one of the greatest because Jimmy Page had a "hand' in it.

[@563421094]

Awesome album...awesome band...

[@aschule5684]

Zep & Tull in the same building at the same time both doing albums that would become life changing for them both. "Bad Martin" 😂 Led Zeppelin 2 was released in the U.S. on Halloween of 1969! Zep was working on the fourth album in '71 it was released Dec of that year. Although I believe the story was, most of ZOSO ZEP 4 was recorded at Headly Grange and originally mixed in the states but when Jimmy got home and listened to it something went terribly wrong. He had to remix the whole album. Knowing Jimmy Page was present when Martin recorded his famous "Aqualung" solo somehow makes it even more magical knowing that! Also now knowing Jethro Tull Aqualung & Led Zeppelin 4 were both being worked on in the same place at the same time makes them both somehow even more special 👍☮️

[@Gilbert-m9l]

That's right about the time period and Martin wrongly saying that Zeppelin were in there recording their second album. It was their fourth one instead. Too bad because other youtubers like the excellent Carl Baldassarre have repeated the historical misinfo.

[@aschule5684]

​@@Gilbert-m9l I watched Carl's Jethro Tull video it was quite good I don't remember if he happened to mention that misinformation in that particular video but yeah both Zep 1&2 came out in 1969. Both fantastic albums too but for me Zep 4 will always be the most special of them all. It was the first Zeppelin I'd ever heard and the mystery and magic of that album and who was this Led Zeppelin changed my young life forever. From Black Dog to the Levee Breaking, Stairways to Heaven, Misty Mountains where the spirits go, and everything in between yeah it blew my young mind!

[@Gilbert-m9l]

@@aschule5684 It was not my first Zep, but yeah I definitely got that mystery and magic vibe as of my first listen to 4, when it came out. With bizarre rock songs such as "The Battle..." and "Four Sticks", it definitely stood out from the mainstream lot... Classic, exciting album!

[@aschule5684]

@@Gilbert-m9l I never mentioned The Battle of Evermore or Four Sticks but they're my 2 favorite songs on that album

[@skyemoz6559]

Actually Zep was recording IV in 71 at Headley Grange. Page was just stopping by or maybe mixing the album

[@frankmerolillo3880]

Martin Barre I think is the best guitarist ever.......

[@oatnoid]

And the lyrics; "Snot is running down his nose, Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes..." So romantic.

[@stephenmahlstedt7276]

Amazing album!!

[@jamesbruss84]

If they were recording Aqualung in 71, Zeppelin were making Zoso or IV, not II which was primarily done in America on the road.

[@smokinjay6597]

Bingo! I was thinking the same thing.

[@BobC59]

Clearly not a relevant detail to him 😜. Page came in and almost wrecked what was to became one of the finest guitar solos in rock history. Damn cool factoid 😎👍🏼

[@franktheo4755]

I was 11 in 1971, please don't do the math, LOL ! The only way I can describe this album is a one in a lifetime dramatic masterpiece every song is a killer cut. Jethro Tull came out with great albums with great music thereafter, but nothing nearly as close to the dynamic of Aqualung. You can only reach that high once that will stand out forever. 🎸🎵💎

[@MrRiproaring]

I still consider ‘Benefit’ the album before Aqualung, just as good.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Martin, 25, here's a little help with your maths. That was the song that started me with a love of Jethro Tull's music which goes on to this very day, uh, sort of. Only sort of since the band does seem to have fallen apart. Thank you for the many records, cds, tapes, concerts that I have enjoyed over the many years.

[@AK99581]

justgivemethetruth, here's a little help with your math. Aqualung album was recorded from December 1970-February 1971, and released in March 1971. Martin Barre was born November 1946, which means that he did not turn 25 until November 1971, about 10 or 11 months after he had already recorded this solo. Therefore he was 24 when the album was recorded and released.

[@LaMusicade4]

All very talented musicians. It’s like a bunch of lines intersected at one point that burned bright for awhile.

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Still a great album for sure.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Kind of stupid to say that Aqualung is not a concept album ... of course it is. Hard to figure out what the concept is exactly, but it just has a feel that all the songs hang together in a kind of conceptual concept includes folksy, churchy, Englandish, Dickensy kind of consistent vide across the album that did not fit into anything else.

[@ardalla535]

Imagine if the album had been recorded in top studio how much better it would have been. I don't see how it could have been much better though. We'll never know, of course.

[@Pantibiblon]

Sir Lancelot Barre.Gentleman,I owe you a drink.

[@davidoherron4205]

Nice

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Hey great guitar, great interview! What kind of Fender is that with the Humbuckers? Sounds really cool! Are those stock pickups or stock on it? Sorry with the many questions..

[@brandonpickrell6232]

HHS Strats have A humbucker.

[@tonyspro]

You again!

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Thanks.

[@SickDaddy]

It looks like a big apple strat to me. American made, dual seymour duncans.

[@Grendal54]

Didn't he play Les Paul's?

[@tedkay_music]

amazing

[@colehara]

Well ...it certainly worked.

[@peterdavies4623]

Yes Does he mean Lez zep 1V? Led Zep 11 came out In late 69

[@BobC59]

I think he means “Whatever they were recording at the time”. 😜

[@wfdix1]

Aqualung IS NOT a concept album. That, and pigs have been fed and are ready for take off. Both of my copies (1971 vinyl & 2011 Steven Wilson CD), seem to have similar lyrics throughout.

[@weaslechops]

Led Zep wouldn't have been doing LZ II in 1971, 4th album maybe...get it right Martin!

[@cymruisrael]

+Karl Peters Correct.

[@eribaldoyes3883]

Indeed

[@mjsmcd]

Maybe it was 1970 though aqua came out in front 71

[@zarkokohucz731]

@@mjsmcd Can't be Zepp 2, 'cause I bought LZ3 in October 70.

[@ravenbonanza1522]

0:33 1971 - 1946 = 25 yrs old

[@kagreen2k]

Is this just a clip from a master class? This was just a short interview.

[@waldonunez8311]

Me gusta como hablan los ingleses....

[@justgivemethetruth]

I believe that is 25.

[@johnroberts3723]

1971 is 53 years ago!. If you go back 53 years before 71 its 1918.

[@SuperMarioJamesSMJ]

Not Zep 2...probably 4.…

[@zarkokohucz731]

kayfabe 58- Corect! 👍

[@LaMusicade4]

Masterclass in 3 minutes?

[@jacklincoln7786]

0:00:07

[@eribaldoyes3883]

Martin Lancelot !!!!!

[@tad449]

25

[@MalakaEnergetic]

Aren't you that chicken guy from Kentucky

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

Masterclass? What did we learn about guitar? NOTHING!!!

[@alejandrojuangarciaromero5011]

20 reguetoneros give it dislike jejeje

[@cloudfactory2000]

Wish he'd get rid of that beard.

[@ProyectoHHesse]

Una cagada ni toco

[@StevenCarinci]

"Not a concept album"? Of course it is. Every &^%$ song critiques organized religion. Concept album enough. Jeez.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

How Aqualung or Crossed Eyed Mary critiques organized religion? enlightened us

[@StevenCarinci]

@@JulioLeonFandinho I don't want to. I'm too tired.

[@mrbigstuff6149]

Eeh it's all a bit dark int it,

[@norcoauctions]

not even close. If it was soo good, why didnt martin barre ever play it live, JUST LIKE THE RECORD. the lead is great but he let me down, and his fans by never playing it like the record. he played the beginning and the ending of it but strayed because he felt he needed some strokes or something